Adventureland
vs
Knott's Berry Farm

On a typical day Knott's Berry Farm queues less: about 14 minutes a ride against 29 at Adventureland, a difference of roughly 15 minutes on every queue you join.

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01 · On a typical day

What you would normally queue.

Averages across recent weeks, so one broken ride or one wet Tuesday cannot decide it. This is the comparison to plan a trip on; the live figures below are the one to act on today.

Adventureland and Knott's Berry Farm compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	AdventurelandUnited States	Knott's Berry FarmUnited States
Average wait per ride	29 min	14 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits	6	17 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue	Phoenix36 min	GhostRider37 min
Shortest typical queue	Storm Chaser18 min	Los Voladores5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	Not recorded	91%

Averaged across every ride at each park with recorded waits. A ride that never opened is left out, so a park is not flattered by counting a shut ride as a queue of zero.

02 · Right now

Both parks, this minute.

Live queue times at both parks. These fill in as soon as the page loads, and keep updating while you are here.

Adventureland and Knott's Berry Farm compared on live queue times
Right now	AdventurelandUnited States	Knott's Berry FarmUnited States
Average wait right now	-	-
Rides open	-	-
Opening hours today	-	-
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These keep refreshing while this page is open. A closed park posts no waits, so its rows read as dashes rather than zeroes.

Verdict, on a typical day On a typical day Knott's Berry Farm queues less: about 14 minutes a ride against 29 at Adventureland, a difference of roughly 15 minutes on every queue you join.

03 · Choosing

Which one is your day out.

Every line here is earned by one of the figures above - nothing is a generic sentence with a park name dropped into it.

Pick Adventureland if…

You will accept a longer queue - 29 minutes a ride here against 14 at Knott's Berry Farm - for what Adventureland has that Knott's Berry Farm does not
Phoenix is on your list - it is Adventureland's longest typical queue at about 36 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Adventureland's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Knott's Berry Farm if…

You want shorter queues: Knott's Berry Farm averages 14 minutes a ride against 29 at Adventureland
You want more to do: 17 rides here have recorded wait data against 6 at Adventureland
GhostRider is on your list - it is Knott's Berry Farm's longest typical queue at about 37 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Knott's Berry Farm's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Adventureland

Adventureland in Altoona, just outside Des Moines, has been open since 1974 and is Iowa's largest amusement park. Monster is the steel coaster with the beyond-vertical drop, Outlaw and Tornado are the wooden coasters, and Phoenix, Storm Chaser and Draken Falls add more variety, with a large section of family rides. In the autumn it runs Halloween haunts on select dates.

Summer weekends and the weeks around the Fourth of July are the busiest. Weekdays early and late in the season are usually much quieter. Check the live queue times before you go and use the crowd calendar to find a good day.

Adventureland live queue times

Knott's Berry Farm

Knott's Berry Farm sits in Buena Park, Orange County, California, with a long history dating back to Walter Knott's original berry farm and boysenberry jam stand from the 1920s. It's now a full theme park famous for its coaster line-up: HangTime, Silver Bullet, Xcelerator (a hydraulic launch coaster), GhostRider (a large wooden coaster), and the classic Timber Mountain Log Ride.

Southern California locals keep Knott's busy all year round, but peak crowds align with US school holidays, the extremely popular Scary Farm Halloween event, and Knott's Merry Farm at Christmas. Check live wait times for Xcelerator and HangTime on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a weekday outside local school breaks for shorter queues.

Knott's Berry Farm live queue times

05 · Questions

Adventureland or Knott's Berry Farm?

Which is better, Adventureland or Knott's Berry Farm?

If you are judging on queues, Knott's Berry Farm: it averages about 14 minutes a ride on a typical day against 29 at Adventureland, roughly 15 minutes back on every queue you join. Adventureland has 6 rides with recorded waits against 17 at Knott's Berry Farm.

Which has shorter queues, Adventureland or Knott's Berry Farm?

Knott's Berry Farm, by about 15 minutes a ride. On a typical day Knott's Berry Farm averages 14 minutes against 29 at Adventureland. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Adventureland best time to visit and Knott's Berry Farm best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Adventureland and Knott's Berry Farm in the same trip?

Yes - both parks are in United States, so a two-park trip is realistic over a long weekend. Split the days so you start at whichever opens earliest and drive to the other in the evening.

How many rides does each park have?

See the tables above for ride counts - or jump to Adventureland and Knott's Berry Farm for the full ride lists.

Is Adventureland bigger than Knott's Berry Farm?

By rides we track waits for, Knott's Berry Farm is the bigger day out: 17 rides against 6. Acreage matters less than how many you can actually get on, which comes down to queues and opening hours - and on those Knott's Berry Farm is the quicker park.

Then pick
the quiet day.

Both parks have a crowd calendar with six weeks of forecast and the best day left to go.

Knott's Berry Farm calendar